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- April 29
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- Recreate Prince's classic drum machine sound in Ableton Live 9.5
- Sound Magic offers two 'intelligent microphones' with adjustable sound
- One for the road: Paul Bielatowicz
- Line 6 updates Mobile POD iOS guitar app to 2.0
- DR's Drop-Down Tuning guitar strings are "so stable it is almost eerie"
- Harrison's Mixbus32C puts a classic analogue console in a DAW
- EarthQuaker Devices releases Avalanche Run stereo delay and reverb effects pedal
- On the radar: Inglorious
- Elektron officially rolls out Overbridge 1.10 and Analog Rytm gets an update
- April 28
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- Watch All Hail The Yeti play through Before The Flames on guitar, bass and drums
- How to buy an acoustic guitar: 10 questions to ask yourself
- Virtual reality sequencing is starting to get real
- Record a track in Pro Tools | First and win studio time with a top producer
- World music: be part of Moog's new global modular synth
- Flux hopes you like the taste of its BitterSweet Pro 3 transient designer plugin
- Z.Vex celebrates 20 years of the Fuzz Factory with limited-edition guitar effects pedal
- Start me up: Declan Zapala
- April 27
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- Michael Kelly Guitars adds Patriot Striped Ebony to Custom Collection Series
- Junior Boys talk new album, plus their live and studio setups
- Meet the NES Paul, an electric guitar made from a Nintendo console
- New Bob Moog documentary, Electronic Voyager, needs your help
- Perc is the virtual drummer that can play your acoustic percussion
- Bob Mould unveils signature Sky Patch guitar effects pedal
- Generate music automatically with the ITVL step sequencer
- April 26
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- Devil & Sons commemorates 30 years of Aliens with terrifying Xenomorph II guitar
- Hands-on with Prince's last guitar
- 10 questions for Pelican's Trevor de Brauw
- Pioneer DJ brings forth two new bespoke rekordbox dj controllers
- A Little Thunder and Marconi Lab collaborate on EGO Thunder Signature guitar
- Genelec's SAM series expanded with new models
- Watch David Gilmour perform Purple Rain in honour of Prince
- Whitfield Crane: the 10 records that changed my life
- Sonic Academy releases Kick 2: put the boot into your low-end drum sounds
- April 25
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- TC Electronic teases new guitar effects pedal
- TBProAudio's dEQ6 is a 6-band EQ plugin with spectrum analyser
- John Petrucci on Dream Theater's epic concept album The Astonishing
- Tsakalis AudioWorks creates the "ultimate reverb machine" with Ocean guitar effects pedal
- "Master music theory instantly" with AutoTheory Pro
- The world's first floppy disk delay pedal exists and it sounds like this
- 10 questions for Bellowhead's Benji Kirkpatrick
- Purple Rain: a photo celebration
- April 22
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- Demeter Amps revamps its trademark tremolo with Tremulator Plus guitar effects pedal
- Stevie Ray Vaughan's Fender Broadcaster, Elvis's Gibson Dove and Kurt Cobain's Univox guitars up for auction
- Nine new NKS plugins available at 50% off courtesy of Native Instruments
- Blues guitar great Lonnie Mack dies aged 74
- April 21
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- Prince, 1958-2016: a musical genius
- Prince dies aged 57: the music world reacts
- Prince dies, aged 57
- Amazing mod turns a Technics SL-1200 deck into a standalone DVS player
- Learn to play guitar "in minutes" by pushing Magic Instruments' buttons
- Meet the Yamaha Montage in a store near you
- 10 questions for EMP!RE's James L'Esteve
- The limited edition Technics SL-1200GAE turntable is going to cost you a lot of money
- J Rockett Audio Designs launches Tranquilizer Phase/Vibe guitar effects pedal
- April 20
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- On the radar: Weatherstate
- OTO Machines' BAM kicks it old-school in the reverb department
- Lauten Audio releases new 'entry-level' vacuum tube microphone
- Is the Porsche-designed MPiano the supercar of keyboards?
- 5 reasons why the Pioneer Toraiz SP-16 could be a gamechanger for DJs and producers
- Computer Music – ULTIMATE FREEWARE 2016 – Issue 230, June 2016
- Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo, talks songwriting and Sons Of Anarchy
- FREE PC/Mac limiter: D16 Group Frontier
- You can now recycle guitar strings thanks to D'Addario
- Affordable Nektar Impact GX controllers offer DAW integration
- Jimmy Page reunited with 1960 Gibson Black Beauty Les Paul guitar
- April 19
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- Javier Reyes on juggling Mestis and Animals As Leaders
- Frantone announces return of Cream Puff guitar effects pedal
- Blocs' Wave app adds Ableton Link support
- The evolution of Yamaha's Revstar guitar range
- The Moog Sub 37 plugin editor looks better than a soft synth
- Free SampleTank 3 CS now offers full editing and import features
- Korg engineer tells you what you need to know about the Volca FM
- Pedalboards have "evolved to a new level" with Aclam's Smart Track modular system
- D16 rewards its customers with free Frontier limiter plugin
- Kurt Cobain's Fender Stratocaster guitar, as played on Nirvana's final US tour, to be sold at auction
- Andy Black: the 10 records that changed my life
- April 18
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- D'Addario makes your acoustic guitar's voice shine with Nickel Bronze strings
- Panama Guitars announces three-channel Fuego X amp head
- Is the Polivoks back? This video suggests that it is...
- Chorus meets flanger in free HY-ChoFla VST plugin
- Televisor's favourite music software
- John McLaughlin on his ethos, PRS and Paco de Lucía
- Shoom is an iOS synth that wants you to get out of your harmonic comfort zone
- Band swap: Axl Rose joins AC/DC, Angus Young joins Guns N' Roses
- April 15
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- If you've got a Novation Circuit, you're going to want Circuit Components
- Experience Hendrix in a whole new way at Seattle's Jimi Hendrix Park
- Everything Everything talk latest album Get To Heaven
- 25 of the best affordable microphones
- The secret's out: Jean-Michel Jarre and Edward Snowden collaborate on new track
- Joe Satriani announces 2016 G4 Experience
- Check on your guitar without taking it out of the case using D'Addario's Humiditrak monitoring system
- April 14
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- Build your own 909-style drum machine for less than £300
- Cog Effects revamps Tarkin fuzz pedals for guitar and bass
- Watch Marc JB build a track from scratch in his campervan studio
- Get 16 different guitar tones from one cable with UnderTone Audio's capacitance-altering Vari-Cap
- Has Waves just eliminated live PA feedback for good?
- Watch Flea transform US National Anthem into jazz odyssey
- Vintage drum gear: Carlton-Jedson drumset with Beverley console, circa 1935
- Antelope Audio delivers a Thunderbolt from the blue with Zen Tour portable audio interface
- Is it true that almost half of the people who buy vinyl don't actually play it?
- D'Addario announces NS Micro Soundhole Tuner for acoustic guitars
- April 13
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- HOFA Plugins is offering you 'the only freeware Tilt EQ'
- Cock rock: watch plucking rooster play guitar
- OCS-2 is a virtual analogue Eurorack monosynth powered by Arduino
- 10 of the best new sample and soundware packs (April 2016)
- Mooer reveals Devin Townsend signature Ocean Machine delay and reverb pedal
- Walrus Audio promises "symphonic gusts of sound" from Luminary Quad Octave Generator guitar effects pedal
- April 12
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- On the radar: Milk Teeth
- Watch Alpine Universe build his live rig and talk you through it
- AtomicTransient is "the world's first polyphonic transient tool"
- Led Zeppelin to face jury trial over Stairway To Heaven's "substantial" similarity to Spirit's Taurus
- Meet the programmers: Voxengo
- Slipknot's Jay Weinberg on following Jordison, The Gray Chapter, that mask and more
- Get a clearer picture of your Transport data with DDMF's free plugin
- May issue of Rhythm on sale now
- April 11
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- Me and my guitar: Tommy Thayer (KISS)
- Musikmesse 2016: Mooer dreams up Reverie Reverb and Chorus guitar effects pedals
- AudioThing goes into overdrive with new Speaker plugin
- Gibson unveils 16 new Limited Run guitars, including seven-string SGs and Joe Bonamassa signature models
- Get 7 'sequenced' Sinevibes plugins for $99
- 10 questions for Black Peaks' Joe Gosney
- April 8
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- Total Guitar 279 on sale now: Fix Your Technique
- Inside the workshop: Orange Amps' Adrian Emsley
- Deadmau5 shows you his new studio and shares production tricks
- Dennis Davis, stalwart Bowie drummer, dies
- The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell on his first guitar, hating rehearsals and his favourite Tele
- Ernie Ball Music Man launches 40th Anniversary StingRay Bass, Old Smoothie
- Musikmesse 2016: PRS releases Limited Edition DGT Birds of a Feather semi-hollow electric guitar
- Musikmesse 2016: Boss and Roland collaborate with Steve Vai and Kirk Fletcher on Waza Amp and Blues Cube Tone Capsules
- Musikmesse 2016: Eventide and Tony Visconti announce Tverb plugin inspired by David Bowie's Heroes
- April 7
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- Is analogue summing better than digital summing?
- Public Service Broadcasting on looping, sampling and guitar gear
- u-he RePro-1 'research-ware' plugin is now available for free
- Musikmesse 2016: Blackstar swoops in with Fly 3 Bass mini amp
- Musikmesse 2016: Blackstar launches affordable, giggable ID:Core Stereo 100 and 150 guitar amps
- Musikmesse 2016: Brainworx releases new EQ and compressor plugins
- Musikmesse 2016: Faith launches Venus Blood Moon and small-scale Nomad Series travel acoustic guitars
- Musikmesse 2016: BluGuitar unveils BluBOX guitar amp speaker emulator
- Musikmesse 2016: IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Orchestra 2 CE released
- Musikmesse 2016: Yamaha reveals "revolutionary" TransAcoustic acoustic guitars with built-in reverb and chorus effects
- deadmau5 releases sound pack of him "f**king around in the studio"
- Musikmesse 2016: Universal Audio partners with Fender to bring classic amps to UAD and Apollo systems
- Merle Haggard, country legend, dies aged 79
- Musikmesse 2016: Boss launches TU-01 clip-on tuner and TU-30 tuner/metronome
- Issue 304 of Future Music is on sale now
- Musikmesse 2016: Are the FD-9 and KT-9 the quietest kick and hi-hat pedals ever?
- April 6
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- Musikmesse 2016: Zynaptiq's Adaptiverb plugin borrows AI technology from a self-driving car
- The best new gear of Musikmesse 2016: news, photos and video
- Icarus's favourite music software
- Nick Jonas attributes ACM Awards guitar solo fail to "huge brain fart"
- Musikmesse 2016: Boss unveils RC-202 loop station for music making on the fly
- Ghost's drumming Nameless Ghoul on sweating in Arizona, controversy, and why songs matter
- Watch Steve Vai, Tosin Abasi, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt jam in first Generation Axe live videos
- Musikmesse 2016: Pioneer DJ releases two new pairs of studio monitoring headphones
- Kilohearts encourages backwards thinking with Reverser plugin
- Musikmesse 2016: Boss launches VE-8 Acoustic Singer multi-effects pedal plus TU-3W and TU-3S tuners
- 10 questions for Long Distance Calling's Florian Füntmann
- Musikmesse 2016: Radial expands Tonebone line with Headlight and Bumper switching pedals
- April 5
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- Musikmesse 2016: Nord Drum 3 announced in two flavours
- Musikmesse 2016: Cort updates Artisan B5 Plus AS bass with Markbass MB-1 EQ preamp
- Brighton Music Conference 2016: full lineup announced
- 14 of the worst onstage disasters for guitarists
- Xils-Lab STiX is 35 years of drum synths in one plugin
- Testament's Gene Hoglan: My top 5 tips on timing
- Musikmesse 2016: Epiphone reveals Brent Hinds Flying V Custom guitar
- Musikmesse 2016: Pioneer reveals TORAIZ SP-16 sampler, complete with Dave Smith analogue filters
- Musikmesse 2016: DigiTech unleashes Whammy Ricochet and Dirty Robot guitar effects pedals
- April 4
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- Paul Kossoff's 1959 Les Paul - in pictures
- Guitar World publisher set to cease employing bikini-clad models in gear guide magazines
- In pictures: Superbooth16's most spectacular sights
- Musikmesse 2016: Pigtronix trots out Pigtronix Power effects pedal power supply
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (April 2016)
- Is Audiority's Polaris a stellar new echo/reverb plugin?
- Musikmesse 2016: Supro unveils first guitar effects pedals
- April 1
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- Superbooth16: Has Erica synths launched the cutest modular system yet?
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (April 2016)
- Musikmesse 2016: Korg launches "the ultimate high-spec clip-type tuner" with 100-hour battery life
- One for the road: David Rhodes
- The 15 best April fool's day guitar and tech pranks 2016
- Superbooth16: Tiptop Audio wants you to hit the right note with new prototype module
- Musikmesse 2016: Vox launches "a new standard in guitar volume pedals" with the V860
- reTune your audio to any key using zplane's new plugin
- There's more to Korg's Stageman 80 portable PA than meets the eye
- GGMGM calls for the death of the 1/4" jack plug
- Mixvibes' Remixlive app 'bridges the gap between DJing and music production'
- Make BeatBuddy drum machine drunk with new Sobriety Function